Microselia Schmitz, 1934

Liu, Guang-Chun, 2022, Newly recorded ant-parasitizing genus (Diptera, Phoridae) from China, with descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 5165 (1), pp. 115-120 : 115-116

Genus Microselia Schmitz

Microselia Schmitz, 1934:11 .

Type species: M. rivierae Schmitz, 1934 .

Diagnosis. Small species. Frons trapezoid, with median furrow, with 2–4 supra-antennal setae, and 4–4–4 frontal setae. Flagellomere 1 bean-shaped or rounded; arista sub-apical. Anepisternum bare. Scutellum with 4 setae, anterior shorter. Fore tibia without isolated setae, fore tarsomere 5 longer than tarsomere 4, tapered in distal half. Mid tibia without isolated setae, with a dorsal setal palisade, which is usually not complete. Hind tibia with dorsal setal palisade and posterodorsal setulae. Wing with C short; R 2+3 present, vestigial or absent; Rs with a small angulate thickening near apex. Abdomen of female with a sclerotized ovipositor of varied structure. Male terminalia small; anal tube long.

Distribution. Palaearctic, Nearctic, Neotropical and Afrotropical Regions.

Remarks. This genus is similar to Pseudacteon Coquillett , differing largely by the pointed apical foretarsomere. The phylogeny of the genus is unclear. Brown (1992) proposed that the genus was adelphotaxa of Pseudacteon Coquillett. Disney (2006b) and Disney et. al. (2010) suggested that it belongs to the tribe Gymnophorini , based on the character of the vestige of a dorsal abdominal gland.